Following Machi's gaze, he looked out at a towering tree that blotted out the sky, standing dozens of kilometers away,
Even from this far away, a rough estimate put its circumference at several hundred meters and its height at dozens of kilometers,
Despite the distance, its majestic size still hit him like a wave,
Looking into the distance, the treetop seemed to stretch right over Nara Dan,
"The World Tree."
"Looks like I came to the right place..."
Nara Dan studied the colossal tree in the distance. In his field of vision, he saw more than just its immense size. Within the World Tree,
A vast mass of energy and vitality, as dense as mountains and seas, formed a seamless whole. Its roots connected to the source of the earth's veins, reaching down to the magma beneath the ground and spreading toward every corner of the Dark Continent,
Its crown, by contrast, gathered the intelligence and faith of countless creatures, forming an enormous sea of consciousness,
Clearly, countless intelligent Dark Continent Creatures instinctively worshipped or revered the World Tree's power. Faced with such a conspicuous and majestic tree, even the Dark Continent's many powerful and bizarre creatures couldn't help but bow before it.
What drew Nara Dan's attention even more was the faintly discernible, vast consciousness slumbering within the heart of the World Tree. Its energy felt exactly like the one he had encountered at the Dragon Vein,
Gaia!
Without a moment's hesitation, Nara Dan and Machi vanished from where they stood and headed for the World Tree,
But just as the two of them rapidly approached the World Tree and entered the area within thirty kilometers of it,
Nara Dan suddenly stopped,
"Looks like we've been noticed."
Machi gave her surroundings a cool glance and spoke,
"Is this Gaia